Pet peeves: The return (Part 4)

[Nerathion-argent-dawn (Nerathion)]

@Elenthas-argent-dawn

I blame Critical Role('s fandom) for causing the backlash that lead to Mercer=cringe.

im out of the loop

why is mercer cringe

[Aldru-argent-dawn (Aldru)]

@Aóife-argent-dawn

finally someone else who doesnt go “cringe” when hearing matt mercer. man’s the reason i play a male norn in guild wars 2.

Loved his work since well before Critical Role (which I never got into bc I can’t pay attention to it for the duration), so people just thinking he’s only CR related are funny, he’s done so much other than CR and he’s darn good at it.

@Aóife-argent-dawn

mildly related peeve: if you play more than one mmo and their all releasing content updates in an ungodly short window of each other. next month is litteral hell on me barely able to focus on one thing.

Laughs in TotK, Morrowind, ESO and FFXIV raiding once new tiers out

Makes me glad I don’t play WoW, can’t imagine playing other games let alone MMOs in modern WoW, even if DF cut down on systems.
But that’s also a hell of my own making being someone who always strived to get the most out of things, miss the days of just raidlogging for WoW

But too many releases in a short timeframe

@Lintían-argent-dawn

Goals?

Goals!

[Elenthas-argent-dawn (Elenthas)]

He’s not, particularly, at least from what I’ve seen.

But there’s a (vocal?) set of people who say he is, and I’m guessing that part of the reason for that is Critical Role’s popularity but also its fandom. (Over)enthusiastic fandom->Non-fans thinking they’re cringe->Mercer is cringe.

[Lintían-argent-dawn]

@Aldru-argent-dawn

Goals!

… But what does it mean?

[Blythan-argent-dawn (Blythan)]

Voice goals, as in “wish I sounded like that”
In this case

Also could the people in TW dungeons please stop being asleep at their keyboards?

[Croecell-argent-dawn (Croecell)]

@Blythan-argent-dawn

Also could the people in TW dungeons please stop being asleep at their keyboards?

Sorry, no can do, very tired.

[Loras-argent-dawn]

Critical Role fans can be incredibly cringe. Their worship of Mercer does turn me off of him, even if rationally I know it’s not his fault.

[Darbakh-argent-dawn]

@Loras-argent-dawn

Critical Role fans can be incredibly cringe.

If you provide some examples, we can all shift uncomfortably in our seats along with you.

[Loras-argent-dawn]

They feature quite a lot on r/RPGhorrorstories, with the CR brainrot giving them toxic expectations for DMs

[Vixí-argent-dawn (Vixí)]

@Loras-argent-dawn

with the CR brainrot giving them toxic expectations for DMs

People expecting & demanding their average DM to do everything Mercer does who is a professional VA and runs a campaign with other professional VA’s which is also streamed and has a steady amount of income for hosting it.

It’s gross and weird. And takes away what is fun about D&D. I don’t hate or blame CR for it(Infact CR has helped popularise D&D more in mainstream and to a further audience which is actually really cool) but some people have been…very obsessive about it in all the bad ways.

[Loras-argent-dawn]

I’ve also read a couple of RPG horror stories where it’s the DM determined to be Matt Mercer, up to and including demanding that their group streams their games

[Vixí-argent-dawn (Vixí)]

People want to chase fame. I’ve seen and heard that there was a surge in DM’s asking for payment as well following CR. Usually with poor results for those who did pay.

[Elenthas-argent-dawn (Elenthas)]

also the Chronurgist wizard from his wildemount book is overpowered

very cringe

[Lintían-argent-dawn]

I only just learned that the Citadel Epilogue Mod was ported to Mass Effect Legendary Edition back in January!

Now I can play the game my way without backporting my saves to the original ME3 for the ending. AHEM + CEM would be a must-have combination for me if I were to ever replay the trilogy again.

AHEM: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/323
CEM: https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectlegendaryedition/mods/1018

[Levey-argent-dawn (Levey)]

Horribly sleepy and it’s not even 6pm.

[Croecell-argent-dawn (Croecell)]

I GOT IT!

[Lintían-argent-dawn]

I’ll be honest. That show is one of the biggest sources of the ***** Eating Crackers syndrome for me. I’m not into it at all, but it inevitably comes up in D&D related discussions, and I’m just sick of hearing for the umpteenth time about how they’re releasing yet another tie-in product about their adventures that they’re paid money to act out, or about what a genius DM Matt Mercer supposedly is.

I don’t care. They like the show? Good for them. I just want them to leave me be with my quirky little elfgame hobby.

[Blythan-argent-dawn (Blythan)]

The usual woes when a niche hobby gets mainstream attention.

Bonus points when this happens:

[Vixí-argent-dawn (Vixí)]

@Lintían-argent-dawn

yet another tie-in product about their adventures that they’re paid money to act out,

Listening to friends sharing some D&D stories can be fun occasionally, especially if it is a thing they are passionate about or it is a cool moment for them.

But I do not understand the point or interest in following an entire campaign such as CR without participating. I’d rather just play D&D myself.

[Fentonius-argent-dawn (Fentonius)]

For a second I thought you were talking about the Citadel DLC and I was about to write six paragraphs on why the entire ME fanbase gaslit themselves into thinking it’s good content.

That mod seems neat though, what a rough ride that game was on launch.